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As November came to a close, my son began his Christmas preparations in earnest.
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“Head ‘em up and move ’em out” was made famous by the trail-driving series “Rawhide.” Those drovers seemed to be perpetually on the trail.
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During the summer of 1878, Reginald Aldridge and his partner freeranged their cattle on the open prairie. Aldridge recorded his cowboy experiences in “Ranch Notes in Kansas, Colorado, the Indian Territory and Northern Texas,” published in 1884. Aldridge was an Englishman who recorded, quite faithfully, the captivating attraction he held for American cowboy life.
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We should deal in facts, not fiction “Blame me!” pleads Ms. Mary Schmidt in her attention-seeking online post, “Blame me!” With pleasure.
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William Sternberg was one of 10 children born to Levi and Margaret Sternberg. The family established themselves at an early date near Fort Ellsworth in Ellsworth County.
Read moreMy husband’s family experienced a death in the family this fall. Needless to say, Thanksgiving is going to look a little different this year without my husband’s only sibling in attendance.
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William Sternberg came to Kansas with his brother Theodore in 1866. Their older brother, George, was the post surgeon at Fort Ellsworth and later, the upgraded post of Fort Harker. George’s descriptions of the country around Fort Ellsworth inspired his father, the Rev. Dr. Levi Sternberg, to make plans for the entire family to move to Kansas.
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